Lowest known offers at 1745 local time in U.S. dollars a metric ton, bulk, with changes on the day unless otherwise stated as quoted by European traders: »
ICE Mar sugar futures continue to trade under pressure, after touching a 1 1/2-week low, amid wider commodity selling in response to a stronger US dollar and weak equity markets. The USDA revised 2009-10 global sugar output down 6.4 million tons to 153.3 million »
CBOT soybean futures are hovering above unchanged levels in choppy, two sided trade. Light profit taking from the week's strong gains and bearish outside market influence are apply mild pressure to prices, traders say. However, speculative buying continues to »
Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform were trading in a mixed range at 9:47 a.m. EST with the nearby January and May contracts posting small gains. Weakness in the Canadian dollar and strength overnight in Malaysian palm oil futures helped »
Lowest known offers at 1315 local time in U.S. dollars a metric ton, bulk, with changes on the day unless otherwise stated as quoted by European traders: »
Lowest known offers at 1315 local time in U.S. dollars a metric ton, CIF Rotterdam as quoted by European traders. »
Mixed Midwest harvest conditions, rain for the Delta crop areas, adequate soil moisture for Plains wheat, variable conditions in Brazil, more-favorable trends in Argentina, widespread rains in South Africa, and a reprieve from rain and snow central »
Spot soybean prices hovered at 2 1/2 month highs on the U.S. cash grain market Friday, as slightly stronger domestic basis added further impetus to a recent futures rally. Averaging nearly $9.81 per bushel, national elevator bids for soybeans have now leaped more than 50 »
Crude oil futures weakened Friday as U.S. stocks opened lower and the dollar gained strength. Light, sweet crude for December delivery recently traded $1.08, or 1.4%, lower at $76.38 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, less than $1 above a »
The dollar held on to its gains against the euro and other higher-yielding currencies Friday morning as revived concerns about how fast the global economy will rebound prompted investors to shun riskier assets. Declines in stocks, gold and oil that began earlier in Asian and European trading »
Prices at Tanzania's Moshi coffee exchange auction Thursday rose on the week due to high demand and low supplies, a Tanzania Coffee Board official said Friday. The overall average price for a 50-kilogram bag was $8.75 higher on the week, an auction report by Tanzania »
U.S. wheat futures are poised to start weaker Friday on pressure from outside markets, profit-taking and a lack of fundamental support, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade December wheat is called to open 4 cents to 6 cents per bushel lower. »
China's grain output will be above 500 million metric tons in 2009 supported by another bumper harvest, Zhang Ping, chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, a powerful economy planning administration, said Friday. »
Bearish signals from outside markets are expected to put Chicago Board of Trade corn futures on the defensive early Friday after prices dipped overnight. Corn is called to open 2 to 5 cents per bushel lower. In overnight electronic trading, December corn sagged 3 1/2 cents »
Leaders of the five-member East African Community bloc on Friday signed a common market treaty to allow free trade, movement and right of residence, the first of its kind on the continent. The presidents of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda signed the East »
Indian edible oil prices rose during the week ended Friday mirroring gains in overseas oilseeds markets, due to lower area under winter oilseed crop. A revival in soymeal export demand also aided the rise in the prices during the week, traders said. »
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures are expected to start Friday's day session with modest losses, pressured by weakness in outside markets and pre-weekend profit taking. CBOT soybean futures are seen starting 2 to 3 cents lower. In overnight trade, Jan »
Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the export sales of 458,750 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2009/2010 marketing year, and 275,250 tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2010/2011 marketing year, the USDA said Friday. »
